Tam, from vermont, told me of your blog,as I, jane, recently having moved my farm, from Pennsylvania to western North Carolina.
I had written to Tam, thanking her, for her Instagram posts, which give me hope as we Dance with the late stages of my husband’s atypical Parkinson’s, PSP.
It sounds so familiar. I joined the Y here in the new little town, before the end of January. Joined and haven’t been back. In the months since arriving here Nov 1st. Jim has gone from sort of walking with the walker, to wheelchair bound (which greatly reduces the number of falls) to pretty much bedridden.
My instagram handle is hannavista13, I think.
Jim will have to be home, in our tiny cabin, until the end, as there is,no money for a,nursing home. I’m on duty 24/7 solo. He is on hospice care, which means an RN visits 2x a week, and an aide comes to shower him in the shower that is finished in the bathroom that isn’t
I’m in charge of finish carpentry, but at 64 the amount I can get done in a single day is frustrating
There is little money to hire help, and good help is scarce. Today, I hope to get tiles behind the bathroom sink, having reached an,impasse with the kitchen sink, that will require some strength I don’t have to correct.
I’ll watch your blog. After 15 years of this I can use a,little change.